UFC 145 takes place April 21, and as MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, Philips Arena is expected to play host. The main card is expected to air on pay-per-view, and the prelims are expected to air on FX. Officials said a main event will be announced in the coming weeks.

Torres fights for the first time since a brief UFC release following a controversial tweet. Torres, though, hit the community and showed the UFC his remorse, and he recently was welcomed back into the fold. He returns with three wins in his past four fights, which included a unanimous-decision victory over Nick Pace in November at UFC 139. He takes on the fast-rising McDonald, who owns a seven fight win streak (including one in the WEC and three in the UFC). Since joining the UFC, the 21-year-old has earned decision wins over Edwin Figueroa and Chris Cariaso and a 56-second knockout of Alex Soto.

Blanco, meanwhile, heads to the UFC following a recent Strikeforce loss to lightweight Pat Healy in September. The defeat snapped a six-fight win streak for the Venezuelan, who earned a King of Pancrase title in 2009. He takes on Brimage, an American Top Team fighter who posted a quarterfinal finish on “TUF 14″ before earning a decision victory over Stephen Bass on the undercard of the show’s live finale.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?